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Monday, June 6, 2011

The Theme is: FUN Summer Recipes(What fun, new & exciting things will you make for SUMMER?)

SUMMER TIME!!! SUMMER TIME!!! SUMMER TIME!!! My kids have 1-1/2 days of school left (after today!) And I am just a little TOO excited this year! I am ready for this school year to be behind us and it's time to move on. I will officially have a 2nd Year College Student (working, and attending community college in Texas); my twins will be SENIORS in the fall (OH MY!) and my little guy will be in 7th grade. This summer I feel like it's the last "REAL" summer with my girls as kids! They will also be turning 18 years old in September, and believe me the time went by way to fast!

And what better way to spend our summer then FUN-PACKED!!! In just 19 days we will be leaving on the biggest family vacation of our life! My parents are treating the entire family (18 of us, all together) to 8 days of happiness at a Beaches Resort in Turks and Caicos. But that's only our first adventure this summer. Then all the boys/men in my life (yes, my husband, son, brother, father, nephew and friends) will all be going to June Lake for a week. In late July my niece with her four awesome boys will be coming down for a week, this is my son's happiest time because he loves having other kids around! A few days after that we leave for our annual 10-day river trip to the Colorado River, where we will relax on the beach the entire 10 days without a care in the world! And well, that's all the major plans for now, but we'll see what else I can squeeze in! My husband and I still need to go on our Anniversary Weekend (we are just a few months over due, our anniversary was in December), but hey that's how life goes!

But onto cooking, baking and creating new and exciting recipes for the summer! Which I will be spending lots of time in the kitchen this summer, because it's much easier to cook & create without homework nights. I am sharing today my very first cheesecake I handmade (and I LOVED it, so I hope to be making more soon)! I even got to buy myself some new pans. Those cute springform pans, I've now got a wonderful set of 3 different sizes. YEAH ME!!!

Beat the 3 packages of cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tbsp vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

Bake for 50 to 55 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool completely in pan.

Frosting/Topping: Beat remaining cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer in large bowl until well blended. Whisk in cool whip; spread over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours. Remove rim of pan before serving cheesecake, garnish with fresh berries of any kind.

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thanks for inviting me to link up and for your comments on my blog! I am excited to participate! I am a follower of your blog and I would love it if you would follow me too! thanks!-Nikkihttp://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/

Hi! I linked up! I saw you on melt in your mouth Monday... Wanted to invite you to come on over to my tasty Tuesday link party! http://nap-timecreations.blogspot.com/2011/06/authentic-fried-rice-tasty-tuesday-link.html

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My family and God are number one in my life. We are a family of 6 and I am just a busy MOM, probably like all of you! My kids are growing up and I am beginning to wonder where all the time went. My oldest is 23 years old (he is my step-son and lives on his own in Texas), I have twin girls who are 20 years old, and are in their Senior year of college 1837 miles away from mommy in St. Charles, Missouri attending Lindenwood University and my little boy is 15 years old and in the 9th grade (still got a few more years left with him)! I LOVE to bake and love to cook. We love to camp and travel but my all-time passion is Digital Scrapbooking. Our entire family is following the Dave Ramsey, get out of debt and live like no one else, so later we can LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE, we are in our 4th of a 6 year DEBT FREE plan. My husband and I have been married for 15 years now (yes, we have a his, mine and ours blended family). We are looking forward to many many years together and can't wait to SCREAM "WE'RE DEBT FREE". But for now, I am just a MOM trying to be the best MOM I can be in the crazy thing we call "LIFE".